Owen Jones meets Alastair Campbell – full length interview
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Publicado 2017-09-19
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I met with him to talk about the final years of New Labour, discussing his reputation as an aggressive, Machiavellian schemer, his suspicions that Gordon Brown may have been involved in an attempted coup against Tony Blair and the fallout from the disastrous Iraq war.
We also discussed whether the years of stress working at the top of the political pile had contributed to Campbell's long-term suffering with mental health problems, including depression. He reveals his often violent dreams, including one involving Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and an axe.
In terms of today's politics Campbell told me about his surprise at Jeremy Corbyn's campaign for the 2017 general election, though he says he's yet to 'drink the Kool-Aid' when it comes to Labour's vision for Britain's future. He's especially critical on Brexit, where he believes Corbyn and John McDonnell should be doing more to stop Theresa May's rightwing Conservatives driving us off a 'cliff-edge'.
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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Astonished at how childish Owen Jones is in this interview, does himself no favours. Uses it as a strange power-play at times when he realises Campbell is effortlessly dominating the discussion.
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I'd like to see an updated 2020 version of this interview
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"You must also accept that the fact that the Tory campaign was so bad...will be changed at the next election. And you've got to start to think ahead to that." Turned out to be spot on.
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This David Brent performance from Owen Jones is spot on.
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Owen should rewatch this. Everything Campbell warned him about came true
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Christ, Owen didn't come out of that well. Passive-agressive snideness off the chart.
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Alastair was brilliant. Owen showed how closed minded he is
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Well this didn't age well for Owen...
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Far too much sexual tension in this one, keep more on topic next time please.
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Campbell gives the best political interviews
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Owen Jones is overcompensating badly for lack of natural/instinctive bravado, and it comes across as arrogant in this interview.
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Alistair Campbell got it absolutely right about how the dynamics of the 2019 election would play out.
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Love how within three minutes he basically admits to being Malcolm Tucker 👌
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It must be painful for many concerned, that Alistair Campbell not only comes out of this very very well as a principled and likeable guy, but also as a guy who has been proved right by recent history. 💯
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Campbell was so correct in this
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Difference between Owen Jones and Alastair Campbell is that Campbell wants to know the truth and Owen wants what he believes in to be true
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You were bit of a jerk about being late
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The way these two personalities play off eachother is very very entertaining. Hopefully there is another one of these interviews in the works.
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Can't tell if they hate each other or are flirting :/
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Goodness me, I would find it hard to believe that OJ can watch this back without squirming with embarrassment.
